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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I’m chiming in as I also have a rising third grader with dyslexia, diagnosed this past June.  No dysgraphia.

He’s made significant gains in the past month using the Phono-Graphix approach; there are others (EBLI, Reading Simplifed) based on it that also have very strong evidence.  He went three times/week for three weeks, after lower intensity earlier this year.  We also did P-G based exercises at home on the days he didn’t go for tutoring.

Despite the widespread praise for Orton-Gillingham, the method actually has middling empirical support.  I’m a psychologist who has also conducted educational research; I read through the literature carefully when looking into interventions for my DS.

P-G isn’t a panacea, but it’s outstanding for building phonemic awareness and foundational skills, and usually fairly quickly.  Kids benefit from structured interventions, the younger the better, and with sufficient intensity to make a difference.  Twice a week isn’t going to cut it.  Good luck.[/quote]what about other forms of dyslexia? My DC has more than just phonemic issues. [/quote]

It would depend on the other specific deficits.  The benefits of using P-G, from what I can tell, is that it builds phonics and phonemic awareness fairly quickly for many struggling readers, so they can then move more quickly into other needs, such as fluency, spelling, etc.  People aren't held back by needing to pair reading with spelling, for example.  There's one study in which intensive instruction in P-G was paired with the Read Naturally program (for fluency) and which showed significant neurologic changes among the children receiving the intervention.  Again - not a panacea, but IMO an option worth mentioning.[/quote]

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